On the robot demo at the Madison County Public
Laboratory
This assignment must be completed individually.
Remember that our outreach events will take place on:
Please answer each of the following questions fully in couple of full
sentences or more each:
Objectives
- Reflect about the experience of demoing the robots
This assignment must be completed individually.
Remember that our outreach events will take place on:
- Tuesday, December 3rd, 3:30-4:30
- Saturday, December 7th, 1:30-2:30
In class:
- We are going to make sure we are completely ready for the demo, testing all our programs and our robots.
- If you are scheduled to participate in the demo, plan to arrive at
Berea's Madison County Library by 3:20 pm. We will plan to be there
for about 1 hour. The library is a short walk from campus in the
direction of Walmart, but much closer. Itis located at 319 Chestnut St
on the south (far) side of Chestnut. Cross Chestnut street at
the traffic light at Ellipse. The library will be on your left
as you walk. If you reach a second traffic light, you have gone
too far.
View Larger Map - After you participate in the library demo, complete the following.
- Do you think demoing the robots at the library was overall a worthwhile experience for this Introduction to Robotics course to participate in? If so, how? If no, why not?
- Do you think seeing and interacting with the robots and the demos were valuable to the children you saw at the library. If so, how? If not, why not?
- Now that you have worked with the children, if you could/can go back again with new programs or a new build, how would your programs and/or build have been similar and how would they have been different?
- Describe the most rewarding part of this set of labs and experiences (from design to demo) for you personally. Explain why you found it rewarding. (Please note that it is not acceptable to say there was nothing rewarding since ALL experiences have SOME value.)
- Describe the most disappointing or frustrating part of this experience (from program design to demo) for you personally. Explain why it was so. (Please note that it is not acceptable to say there was nothing disappointing or frustrating since ALL experiences can be improved upon in some way.)
- What recommendations do you have for us as we consider whether or not to include this kind of experience in future offerings of this course? Explain.